Join us on May 25th at Noon for “Finger Lakes Forecast: Reducing Flood Risks for Your Home” to learn how the recent changes to FEMA’s flood maps will affect you and your home. Hear Scott Doyle, formerly of Tompkins County Planning & Sustainability, Sally Hoyt of Tompkins Insurance Agencies, and Alan Springett, hydrologist and flood mitigation specialist, discuss FEMA’s new flood maps and findings, flood insurance options, and tips for how you can reduce flood damage to your home. The webinar will end with a Q&A session during which attendees can address our panelists. Register here for this event: bit.ly/May25forecast. This is the second webinar in our Spring Finger Lakes Forecast Webinar Series which focuses on how climate change will impact life in the Finger Lakes region and what people can do for themselves and their communities to prepare. The first webinar in the series was held on April 27th and focused on climate disruption and food security. It included a screening of Our Farmers in Flux, Adapting to Climate Change, a short documentary by Shira Evergreen and Uplifted Ithaca, and a panel discussion with local organic farmers. View the recording of the Finger Lakes Forecast: Climate Disruption & Food Security webinar on the Sustainable Tompkins YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4R96HPVfMQ
May 25 at Noon! “Finger Lakes Forecast: Reducing Flood Risks for Your Home”
Join us on May 25th at Noon for “Finger Lakes Forecast: Reducing Flood Risks for Your Home” to learn how the recent changes to FEMA’s flood maps will affect you and your home. Hear Scott Doyle, formerly of Tompkins County Planning & Sustainability, Sally Hoyt of Tompkins Insurance Agencies, and Alan Springett, hydrologist and flood mitigation specialist, discuss FEMA’s new flood maps and findings, flood insurance options, and tips for how you can reduce flood damage to your home. The webinar will end with a Q&A session during which attendees can address our panelists. Register here for this event: bit.ly/May25forecast. This is the second webinar in our Spring Finger Lakes Forecast Webinar Series which focuses on how climate change will impact life in the Finger Lakes region and what people can do for themselves and their communities to prepare. The first webinar in the series was held on April 27th and focused on climate disruption and food security. It included a screening of Our Farmers in Flux, Adapting to Climate Change, a short documentary by Shira Evergreen and Uplifted Ithaca, and a panel discussion with local organic farmers. View the recording of the Finger Lakes Forecast: Climate Disruption & Food Security webinar on the Sustainable Tompkins YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4R96HPVfMQ